Best and worst: Alien invasions

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"V" lands on ABC on Nov. 3, and the Visitors are approximately the 4,723rd alien race to make contact with Earth in TV and movie history. If you remember the original "V" from the 1980s, you already know that the Visitors, despite their human appearance and gestures of friendship, do not have...

"V" lands on ABC on Nov. 3, and the Visitors are approximately the 4,723rd alien race to make contact with Earth in TV and movie history. If you remember the original "V" from the 1980s, you already know that the Visitors, despite their human appearance and gestures of friendship, do not have... (ABC)

The plan: There isn't much of one -- either for the aliens, refugees from their home planet, or the humans who encounter them in Johannesburg and don't quite know what to do with them. Does it work? Not so much. The aliens of "District 9" are hardly lovable creatures, but the movie posits that...

The plan: There isn't much of one -- either for the aliens, refugees from their home planet, or the humans who encounter them in Johannesburg and don't quite know what to do with them. Does it work? Not so much. The aliens of "District 9" are hardly lovable creatures, but the movie posits that... (TriStar Pictures)

The Plan: Use the children of Earth as your mouthpiece to scare the bejesus out of everybody. Then, demand that Earth deliver 10 percent of their prepubescent population up to you ... or else. Did it work? Almost. If it weren't for Captain Jack sacrificing his very own grandson in order to save...

The Plan: Use the children of Earth as your mouthpiece to scare the bejesus out of everybody. Then, demand that Earth deliver 10 percent of their prepubescent population up to you ... or else. Did it work? Almost. If it weren't for Captain Jack sacrificing his very own grandson in order to save... (BBC America)

The Plan: Swing by that third planet from the sun, do some killing of Alien beings to make my bones. Then head on home and partake in my bar mitzvah with my predator comrades, for I will then be a man. Did it work? Actually, it has been working for centuries. The Predator comes in, does his...

The Plan: Swing by that third planet from the sun, do some killing of Alien beings to make my bones. Then head on home and partake in my bar mitzvah with my predator comrades, for I will then be a man. Did it work? Actually, it has been working for centuries. The Predator comes in, does his... (20th Century Fox)

The plan: Alien invaders, already ruling Earth for one thousand years, enslave the surviving humans and force them to do manual labor. The aliens scheme to get the humans to mine for gold. Did it work? Nope, the humans rise up with the help of ancient but still-operational technology. The movie...

The plan: Alien invaders, already ruling Earth for one thousand years, enslave the surviving humans and force them to do manual labor. The aliens scheme to get the humans to mine for gold. Did it work? Nope, the humans rise up with the help of ancient but still-operational technology. The movie... (Warner Bros.)